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Special Teams is a disaster
Posted on 11/9/26 at 11:01 am
Posted on 11/9/26 at 11:01 am
Joe Houston should be on the hot seat.
Can we name even one unit where our special teams is above average?
Punter: Awful
Punt coverage: Awful even with adding in some defensive starters in recent weeks
Return game: Nonexistent
Kicker: Can't trust whatsoever. Has missed long and missed short. Pretty obvious they don't trust him. Have no idea why they all the sudden gave him a shot to kick a near 60 yarder. Every single LSU fan knew he was missing that.
Kickoff: I guess you could say they are pretty decent kicking it through the endzones but even then he almost kicked one out of bounds in the first half. Kickoff coverage has been shaky in limited reps.
Special teams feels painfully similar to the early BK units and that is not a comparison you want
Can we name even one unit where our special teams is above average?
Punter: Awful
Punt coverage: Awful even with adding in some defensive starters in recent weeks
Return game: Nonexistent
Kicker: Can't trust whatsoever. Has missed long and missed short. Pretty obvious they don't trust him. Have no idea why they all the sudden gave him a shot to kick a near 60 yarder. Every single LSU fan knew he was missing that.
Kickoff: I guess you could say they are pretty decent kicking it through the endzones but even then he almost kicked one out of bounds in the first half. Kickoff coverage has been shaky in limited reps.
Special teams feels painfully similar to the early BK units and that is not a comparison you want
This post was edited on 11/9/26 at 11:40 am
Posted on 11/9/26 at 11:05 am to Shaggy01
I don’t have an issue with Starzyk. He’s missed 3 kicks. 1 was from 48 and 1 from 56. The other a short shank. Hasn’t missed an extra point.
Above average college kicker.
Above average college kicker.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 11:16 am to DBG
I personally just don't trust him at all in a high stakes situation.
I feel like he has had about 3 important kicks in close games and missed 2 of them.
Could be wrong but I don't trust him with the game on the line
I feel like he has had about 3 important kicks in close games and missed 2 of them.
Could be wrong but I don't trust him with the game on the line
This post was edited on 11/9/26 at 11:44 am
Posted on 11/9/26 at 11:19 am to Shaggy01
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Punter: Awful
The same guy was really good last year, but we don’t punt as much this year
He had 1 punt for 46yds against Bama. Woodland shouldn’t have missed the tackle
Posted on 11/9/26 at 11:22 am to Shaggy01
We have been bad to mediocre all year in every phase of special teams.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 11:24 am to Shaggy01
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Punter: Awful
This is on Lane and Glasscock. I think they underestimated the importance of having a good punter in close games against good teams and didn’t want to allocate any money on bringing somebody else in. I can almost guarantee they target one of the top punters in the country in the portal.
A good punter that can flip the field is such a huge weapon. And ours sucking certainly goes into a lot of the decision making on these 4th down calls.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 11:26 am to Shaggy01
You're wrong about the kicker, right about everything else
Posted on 11/9/26 at 11:28 am to JimTiger72
LSU and LK are finding out this season who are the PTPs.Both kickers,some OL,WRs and at times QB.Defensively some guys in big games are blowing assignments at crucial times.ALAs red zone made LSU players look like pop warner,that’s on BB and the players.The great thing is we have a coach who will make the necessary changes moving forward.I for one didn’t think this years team would be much better than this and are proving it.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 11:28 am to Hot Carl
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I think they underestimated the importance of having a good punter in close games against good teams and didn’t want to allocate any money on bringing somebody else in. I can almost guarantee they target one of the top punters in the country in the portal.
What about this makes you think we didn’t already have one of the top punters in the country? Who should they have gotten?
quote:
Transfer from Middle Tennessee who had an immediate impact in his first season with the Tigers in 2025 …
Earned third-team All-SEC honors …
Starter in all 13 games, punting 62 times for 45.7 average …
The 45.7 average ranks No. 3 in single-season program history, while his 2,834 total punting yards ranks No. 4 …
Ranked No. 2 in the SEC in punting average, trailing only Oklahoma’s Grayson Miller by 0.14 yards …
Posted on 11/9/26 at 11:30 am to Hot Carl
Yea not having the ability to flip the field is a major problem.
When your punter options are 30 yard sky kick so it can’t be returned or line drive 46 yarder asking to be brought back it’s not good.
We need someone that can get distance and hang time.
They might have thought he was serviceable last year but he has regressed.
Should the missed tackles be cleaned up yes, but Chadwick is putting our guys in a tough spot with his kicks.
When your punter options are 30 yard sky kick so it can’t be returned or line drive 46 yarder asking to be brought back it’s not good.
We need someone that can get distance and hang time.
They might have thought he was serviceable last year but he has regressed.
Should the missed tackles be cleaned up yes, but Chadwick is putting our guys in a tough spot with his kicks.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 11:31 am to Shaggy01
I will never understand how these detail-obsessed coaches who will do anything to win in the margins continue to completely blow off special teams.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 11:35 am to red sox fan 13
I don’t think they do but it’s a resource allocation decision. And we’ve had some rough special teams specific injuries.
Weeks injury move Keys off ST. Wright, Ross, and Spears are all key special teamers.
Weeks injury move Keys off ST. Wright, Ross, and Spears are all key special teamers.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 11:39 am to JimTiger72
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What about this makes you think we didn’t already have one of the top punters in the country? Who should they have gotten?
You gotta understand… people are just looking to pile on right now. Everything and everybody sucks. People need to be fired. Heads need to roll
That’s the mentality of the majority of this place right now. People are out for blood
All of the shortcomings are magnified 100x right now. Just how this place works unfortunately- people are entitled, sore losers
Posted on 11/9/26 at 11:43 am to Shaggy01
Bring back Coach Chris. Unironically. He's down the road at Tulane doing a great job. Pay that man and bring him home.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 11:55 am to Shaggy01
Knew they would cost us but seems every game special teams cost us.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 12:17 pm to RGT
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I for one didn’t think this years team would be much better than this and are proving it.
I did and special teams being so poor is absolutely part of that, may have cost us one game. Kentucky loss was not on my bingo card, the other two I can live with and understand if not like.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 12:37 pm to Shaggy01
Houston is AWFUL. I've been screaming this for weeks. Brings NOTHING to the table. Kiffin better wake the frick up and replace this moron STAT!
Bama's punter absolutely KILLED us SATURDAY!
Bama's punter absolutely KILLED us SATURDAY!
Posted on 11/9/26 at 12:53 pm to Shaggy01
An unmitigated one, no less
Posted on 11/9/26 at 12:59 pm to Shaggy01
In games against teams with a pulse every unit has been a disaster, notably the Bama game.
Frankly, against Bama the defense had the best run until late in the 3rd.
(And the players played better than the coaches coached...)
#Letthatsinkin
LSU is really at the cusp of needing (at least) one of everything, again. (And that includes coaches.)
#Justgivehimtime
Frankly, against Bama the defense had the best run until late in the 3rd.
(And the players played better than the coaches coached...)
#Letthatsinkin
LSU is really at the cusp of needing (at least) one of everything, again. (And that includes coaches.)
#Justgivehimtime
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